March 02, 2021

Breaking the Cycle of Sacrifice with Naima Coster

46 minutes

On this episode of Black & Published, Nikesha is speaking with author, Naima Coster, about the release of her second novel, What's Mine and Yours. (SPOILER ALERT) Naima's stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Paris Review Daily and more. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree for 2020 and her debut novel, Halsey Street, was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction.

Episode Notes

On this episode of Black & Published, Nikesha is speaking with author, Naima Coster, about the release of her second novel, What's Mine and Yours. (SPOILER ALERT) Naima's stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, The Sunday Times, The Paris Review Daily and more. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree for 2020 and her debut novel, Halsey Street, was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction.

Nikesha and Naima chat about what it means to be a woman outside of the titles of wife and mother, how parents can uphold oppressive, racist systems, and how living your dream and doing what you love can come as an affront to those who struggled for your success. The nuances and complexities of marriage, motherhood, race, writing and more come alive over the course of the conversation as nothing is left off the table.

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